Most of the 10”/11” netbooks support a maximum video resolution of 1024 x 600px. On Windows 8, for example, you cannot run any metro apps on a resolution lower than 1024×768. For this matter, Microsoft’s operating systems have a few hidden settings for display scaling. Here are the steps which you will need to follow:

Start Task Manager by holding CTRL+ALT+Del or CTRL+ESC

From the File menu (Alt+F), click “New Task”

Type “regedit” and press “enter”

In the registry window, search (Edit-Find or CTRL+F) for: “Display1_DownScalingSupported”

Right click on the file and choose Edit.

Modify “Value Data” from “0” to “1”

Click ok and reboot the system. After that you will notice that the screen resolution changed to 1024 cu 768, and that you will be able to go as up as 1152 x 864. That’s it.

You may also follow the instructions from this video tutorial that I made:

I first attempted the fix using regedit, but couldn’t find the reg entry even while using the search tool. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate, on an Aspire One AO522: could either of these be the problem?

I also tried using your iRez software, but that wouldn’t install properly even when installed as administrator. This is the error report:

Hey! I ran your iRez and I have also went in to the regestrey and manually set the Display1_DownScalingSupported value to 1. But when I restart my netbook, and I click on an app it starts to load but then the screen goes black and the computer restarts. Any ideas?